# NCIS: New Orleans season 2

The second season of NCIS: New Orleans, an American police procedural drama television series, originally aired on CBS from September 22, 2015, through May 17, 2016. The season was produced by CBS Television Studios, with Gary Glasberg as showrunner and executive producer.

## Plot

The second season of the NCIS: New Orleans once again follows the work of Special Agent Dwayne Pride, Chris LaSalle, Meredith Brody, and new team member Sonja Percy. Tasked with solving crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in the Crescent City, the team investigate the ambush of a Navy convoy ("Sic Semper Tyrannis"), a suspected war crime ("Shadow Unit"), the black-market sale of a military drone ("I Do"), and a murder at New Orleans' annual Red Dress run ("Insane in the Membrane"). Pride also works alongside an Australian Naval Investigator, who comes to New Orleans as part of a joint task force ("Foreign Affairs"), and Secretary Sarah Porter, as she oversees the inquiry into the crash of a new military jet ("Touched by the Sun"), while Brody's mother, Olivia, joins the team to track down an organ thief ("Broken Hearted"), and NCIS agents join their New Orleans counterparts when a family member is accused of murder ("Sister City, Part II").

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Scott Bakula as Dwayne Cassius Pride, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) assigned to the New Orleans Office
* Lucas Black as Christopher LaSalle, NCIS Senior Field Agent, (SFA), second in command
* Zoe McLellan as Meredith Brody, NCIS Special Agent for the New Orleans Office
* Rob Kerkovich as Sebastian Lund, Jefferson Parish Forensic Specialist for NCIS
* Daryl "Chill" Mitchell as Patton Plame, Computer Specialist for NCIS
* Shalita Grant as Sonja Percy, NCIS Special Agent and Former ATF field Agent
* C. C. H. Pounder as Dr. Loretta Wade, Jefferson Parish Medical Examiner for NCIS

### Recurring

* Christopher Meyer as Danny Malloy, Loretta's eldest foster son (C.J.'s brother)
* Shanley Caswell as Laurel Pride, Dwayne Pride's daughter
* Steven Weber as Douglas Hamilton, New Orleans city councilman of District C and later Mayor of New Orleans (R)

### Guests

* Leslie Hope as Sarah Porter, Secretary of the Navy
* Kate Beahan as Naomi Parsons, Australian Defence Force Investigative Service agent and love interest of Dwayne Pride
* Benjamin Papac as Max "PinZ0" Pinzon
* Annie Potts as Olivia Brody
* Dani Dare as C.J. Malloy, Loretta's youngest foster son (Danny's brother)
* JC Gonzalez as Jake
* Emily Marie Palmer as Beth
* Rick Peters as Thomas Freeman
* Erica Dasher as Sofia Freeman
* Daniel Francois as Alonzo Brown
* Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, NCIS Senior Special Agent (SSA) assigned to Washington's Navy Yard
* Pauley Perrette as Abigail Sciuto, Forensic Specialist attached to NCIS in D.C.
* Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer, Assistant Medical Examiner for NCIS in D.C.
* Emily Wickersham as Eleanor Bishop, NCIS Special Agent in D.C.
* David McCallum as Dr. Donald Mallard, Chief Medical Examiner for NCIS in D.C.
* Tyler Ritter as Luca Sciuto, Abby's brother
* Cassidy Freeman as Eva Azarova
* Brian McNamara as Randy Wilson
* Jude Ciccolella as David Peterson, former Army Colonel (formerly Sec Nav in "original" NCIS)
* Ivan Sergei as John Russo
* Toni Trucks as CGIS Agent Joan Swanson

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 24 | 1 | "Sic Semper Tyrannis" | James Whitmore Jr. | Jeffrey Lieber | September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22) | NO201 | 12.62 |
| Following an ambush on a Navy convoy, the team discovers that a sophisticated GPS-guided missile has gone missing. They track the theft to a massive meeting of anti-government militia groups, with Pride going undercover to learn what they intend to do with the missile. Meanwhile, Percy adjusts to NCIS, having become an NCIS Special Agent while being pranked by Brody and LaSalle. Elsewhere, Pride's divorce is finalized. ||||||||
| 25 | 2 | "Shadow Unit" | James Hayman | Christopher Silber | September 29, 2015 (2015-09-29) | NO202 | 12.86 |
| The team investigate a murder of a blogger who obtained a top secret government file. It is later revealed that a trained Navy SEAL might be behind the crime and also a possible war crime. ||||||||
| 26 | 3 | "Touched by the Sun" | Edward Ornelas | Laurie Arent | October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06) | NO203 | 14.18 |
| The team investigates the plane crash of a Navy pilot. Meanwhile, Wade deals with some family issues. ||||||||
| 27 | 4 | "I Do" | Tony Wharmby | Sam Humphrey | October 13, 2015 (2015-10-13) | NO204 | 12.47 |
| The team investigates the murder of a Navy drone pilot. Later on, it's revealed that the pilot was using a black market drone to obtain military files which could be linked to the murder. Meanwhile, Pride confronts LaSalle about his self-destructive behavior after Savannah's murder. ||||||||
| 28 | 5 | "Foreign Affairs" | Laura Belsey | Sanford Golden & Karen Wyscarver | October 20, 2015 (2015-10-20) | NO205 | 12.99 |
| A murder results in help from Australian Defence Force Investigative Service Investigator Naomi Parsons, but the team is dubious about her. Meanwhile, Pride and his daughter bond. ||||||||
| 29 | 6 | "Insane in the Membrane" | Leslie Libman | David Appelbaum | October 27, 2015 (2015-10-27) | NO206 | 13.06 |
| The team investigates the murder of a petty officer while they participate in a Red Dress Run for charity. It leads them to an epidemic of a new drug called Flakka, which then leads them to one politician as the culprit. ||||||||
| 30 | 7 | "Broken Hearted" | Elodie Keene | Zach Strauss & Greta Heinemann | November 3, 2015 (2015-11-03) | NO207 | 14.15 |
| The team investigates the murder of two Navy paramedics and searches for a missing organ for a recipient. Meanwhile, Brody's mother Olivia comes to visit and joins the team to help with the case. ||||||||
| 31 | 8 | "Confluence" | Edward Ornelas | Teleplay by : Jeffrey Lieber Story by : Jeffrey Lieber & Katherine Beattie | November 10, 2015 (2015-11-10) | NO208 | 12.39 |
| Pride and Percy are caught in a violent crossfire while escorting a Texas prisoner as a key witness to a murder trial. The team later discover that old enemy Zed Hastings (from "Sic Semper Tyranis") has set a trap in order to get Pride. ||||||||
| 32 | 9 | "Darkest Hour" | Michael Zinberg | Laurie Arent | November 17, 2015 (2015-11-17) | NO209 | 13.01 |
| The power in New Orleans goes out while the team investigates the murder of a petty officer who was engaged to a friend of Laurel Pride. ||||||||
| 33 | 10 | "Billy and the Kid" | Mary Lou Belli | Sam Humphrey | November 24, 2015 (2015-11-24) | NO210 | 11.85 |
| Pride and LaSalle uncover lost evidence of a ten-year-old murder investigation they were working on when they first met right before Hurricane Katrina. ||||||||
| 34 | 11 | "Blue Christmas" | Tony Wharmby | Zach Strauss | December 15, 2015 (2015-12-15) | NO211 | 12.09 |
| At Christmas, the team investigates the death of a Navy officer's wife during a home-invasion burglary. Wade's loyalties to job and family come into conflict when her adopted son Danny is implicated in the crime and arrested. ||||||||
| 35 | 12 | "Sister City, Part II" | James Hayman | Christopher Silber | January 5, 2016 (2016-01-05) | NO212 | 17.25 |
| Ellie Bishop travels to New Orleans to help Agent Pride investigate a Russian sleeper spy involved with Abby's (Pauley Perrette) brother Luca (Tyler Ritter). This episode concludes a crossover event that begins on NCIS season 13 episode 12. ||||||||
| 36 | 13 | "Undocumented" | Frederick E.O. Toye | David Appelbaum | January 19, 2016 (2016-01-19) | NO213 | 13.30 |
| The team investigate a murder made to look like a suicide of a Navy petty officer. Meanwhile, the team set up an online dating profile for Pride. ||||||||
| 37 | 14 | "Father's Day" | Dennis Smith | Sam Humphrey | February 9, 2016 (2016-02-09) | NO215 | 12.57 |
| In the midst of Mardi Gras, Pride and Mayor Hamilton are abducted from their parties. While the team races to locate them, the two find themselves with the husband whose wife's supposed suicide was investigated by Pride, and Hamilton was suspected of killing her. ||||||||
| 38 | 15 | "No Man's Land" | James Whitmore Jr. | Cathryn Humphris | February 16, 2016 (2016-02-16) | NO214 | 13.41 |
| The team search for a man who saved a soldier's life on a train as they believe he's a soldier himself and served in Afghanistan. ||||||||
| 39 | 16 | "Second Chances" | Tessa Blake | Zach Strauss | February 23, 2016 (2016-02-23) | NO216 | 12.60 |
| Following the theft of TNT from a Navy base, the team's investigation leads them to Sonya and a drug ring using the TNT to process cocaine. ||||||||
| 40 | 17 | "Radio Silence" | Michael Zinberg | Laurie Arent & Greta Heinemann | March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01) | NO217 | 11.72 |
| After a Navy captain's murder is broadcast over the radio, the team's investigation leads them to protect the radio host and look into her charity. Meanwhile, Pride's daughter makes a surprising decision about her future. ||||||||
| 41 | 18 | "If It Bleeds, It Leads" | Bethany Rooney | David Appelbaum | March 15, 2016 (2016-03-15) | NO218 | 11.97 |
| The team investigate a deadly traffic accident that provides a new lead to the murder of Brody's sister. ||||||||
| 42 | 19 | "Means to an End" | Alrick Riley | Christopher Silber | March 22, 2016 (2016-03-22) | NO219 | 13.38 |
| The NCIS team discover a surveillance van tracking every move of Pride while he investigates an attack on his daughter. ||||||||
| 43 | 20 | "Second Line" | Tony Wharmby | Nancylee Myatt | April 5, 2016 (2016-04-05) | NO220 | 12.28 |
| The team investigates a murder of a Navy lieutenant while at a funeral for a fellow Navy reservist, with Pride thinking these deaths might be connected. ||||||||
| 44 | 21 | "Collateral Damage" | James Whitmore Jr. | Cathryn Humphris | April 19, 2016 (2016-04-19) | NO221 | 12.22 |
| The jobs of Pride and his team are in jeopardy when they investigate the murder of a naval supply officer with whom an army general was supposedly having an affair. ||||||||
| 45 | 22 | "Help Wanted" | Terrence O'Hara | Sam Humphrey | May 3, 2016 (2016-05-03) | NO222 | 12.56 |
| The NCIS team investigate a suspicious explosion at a popular restaurant in New Orleans that targeted a Navy culinary specialist. Meanwhile, Brody is questioned by the FBI about the General Matthews case and meets a DHS official. ||||||||
| 46 | 23 | "The Third Man" | Bethany Rooney | David Appelbaum & Zach Strauss | May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10) | NO223 | 13.24 |
| The NCIS team works with Homeland Security on a case involving the murder of a Navy master diver, which they later link to a plot of a terrorist attack in New Orleans. ||||||||
| 47 | 24 | "Sleeping with the Enemy" | James Hayman | Christopher Silber | May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17) | NO224 | 13.30 |
| While tracking down stolen explosives, Brody suspects that the Homeland Security agent assisting them is the ringleader of the plot. Note: This episode marks the final appearance of Zoe McLellan as a series regular. ||||||||

## Production
### Development

NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a second season on January 12, 2015. This season featured a crossover with NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans with a two-part crossover episode. Scott Bakula, Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, and Shalita Grant appeared as Dwayne Pride, Christopher LaSalle, Meredith "Merri" Brody, and Sonja Percy in the twelfth episode of the thirteen season of NCIS episode titled "Sister City (Part I)". The second part Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, Brian Dietzen, Emily Wickersham, and David McCallum appeared as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Abby Sciuto, Jimmy Palmer, Ellie Bishop, and Dr. Donald Mallard in the twelfth episode of this season episode titled "Sister City, Part II" which aired on January 5, 2016. Tyler Ritter also guest stars as Luca Sciuto Abby's brother. NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a third season on March 25, 2016.

### Casting

On June 19, 2015, Daryl Mitchell and Shalita Grant, who had been recurring cast, were promoted to series regulars.

## Broadcast

Season two of NCIS: New Orleans, which premiered on September 22, 2015.

## Reception
### Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of NCIS: New Orleans season 2 :
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Sic Semper Tyrannis" | September 22, 2015 | 1.7/5 | 12.62 | 0.9 | 3.82 | 2.6 | 16.44 |
| 2 | "Shadow Unit" | September 29, 2015 | 1.7/5 | 12.86 | — | 2.92 | — | 15.78 |
| 3 | "Touched by the Sun" | October 6, 2015 | 1.7/5 | 14.18 | — | 2.98 | — | 17.16 |
| 4 | "I Do" | October 13, 2015 | 1.5/4 | 12.47 | — | 3.16 | — | 15.63 |
| 5 | "Foreign Affairs" | October 20, 2015 | 1.6/5 | 12.99 | — | 3.02 | — | 16.01 |
| 6 | "Insane in the Membrane" | October 27, 2015 | 1.6/5 | 13.06 | — | 2.99 | — | 16.04 |
| 7 | "Broken Hearted" | November 3, 2015 | 1.9/6 | 14.15 | — | 2.65 | — | 16.80 |
| 8 | "Confluence" | November 10, 2015 | 1.7/5 | 12.39 | — | 3.03 | — | 15.42 |
| 9 | "Darkest Hour" | November 17, 2015 | 1.7/5 | 13.01 | — | 2.87 | — | 15.88 |
| 10 | "Billy and the Kid" | November 24, 2015 | 1.6/5 | 11.85 | 0.8 | 3.30 | 2.4 | 15.16 |
| 11 | "Blue Christmas" | December 15, 2015 | 1.7/5 | 12.09 | 0.8 | 3.35 | 2.5 | 15.44 |
| 12 | "Sister City, Part II" | January 5, 2016 | 2.5/8 | 17.25 | 0.8 | 3.86 | 3.3 | 21.11 |
| 13 | "Undocumented" | January 19, 2016 | 1.8/6 | 13.30 | 0.8 | 3.20 | 2.6 | 16.52 |
| 14 | "Father's Day" | February 9, 2016 | 1.8/6 | 12.57 | 0.8 | 3.23 | 2.6 | 15.82 |
| 15 | "No Man's Land" | February 16, 2016 | 2.0/7 | 13.41 | 0.7 | 3.08 | 2.7 | 16.50 |
| 16 | "Second Chances" | February 23, 2016 | 1.8/6 | 12.60 | 0.8 | 3.17 | 2.6 | 15.72 |
| 17 | "Radio Silence" | March 1, 2016 | 1.6/5 | 11.72 | 0.7 | 3.09 | 2.3 | 14.81 |
| 18 | "If It Bleeds, It Leads" | March 15, 2016 | 1.6/6 | 11.97 | 0.7 | 3.14 | 2.3 | 15.07 |
| 19 | "Means to an End" | March 22, 2016 | 1.8/6 | 13.38 | 0.8 | 3.24 | 2.6 | 16.62 |
| 20 | "Second Line" | April 5, 2016 | 1.7/5 | 12.28 | 0.7 | 3.41 | 2.4 | 15.68 |
| 21 | "Collateral Damage" | April 19, 2016 | 1.6/5 | 12.22 | 0.7 | 3.26 | 2.3 | 15.48 |
| 22 | "Help Wanted" | May 3, 2016 | 1.8/6 | 12.56 | — | 3.03 | — | 15.59 |
| 23 | "The Third Man" | May 10, 2016 | 1.7/6 | 13.24 | 0.7 | 3.33 | 2.4 | 16.58 |
| 24 | "Sleeping with the Enemy" | May 17, 2016 | 1.8/6 | 13.30 | 0.7 | 3.09 | 2.5 | 16.39 |